Altmann’s second book on Africa describes his journey from Cairo through the Sahel to Zambia. The scenario is evidently set in the 90s: It is before the Egyptian Spring, and Sudan is still undivided and drowning in civil war.More ...

Even though the author added an afterword to the new edition of his travelogue from 1996 that tries to include the recent political situation - it is Africa in the 1990s that is described in this book.More ...